David Skidmore finished the course first for the club with a PB time of 45.13. Anne Kari Enes was second in her category, in 46.59. She was closely followed by Juliet Stallard in 47.33, a PB and third in her age category.

In the Guernsey Marathon, Simon Bodsworth just beat the four-hour barrier in a time of 3.58.15. This was especially impressive as he had run the difficult Cheddar Gorge marathon seven days earlier.

Three club runners took part in the ‘13 The Hard Way’ half marathon at Falmer near Brighton. This is a really tough course with the runners twice having to climb Ditchling Beacon, the third-highest point on the South Downs, with more undulations in between.

Paul Coe, Laura Newell and Joan Woolley all ran well with Coe finishing in 2:20 and Woolley completing the run in just under three hours.

The Bad Cow running festival took place at Holton Lee near Poole. Runners stay and take part in races of varying distances.

The festival gets its name from the wild cattle that openly graze in the area – who have been known to chase runners.

Coe and Woolley ran in the marathon, with Coe finishing in 3hr 52min.

The next day Coe again ran the marathon, joined by Jade Fish. He was slightly slower than the previous day while Fish finished the multi-lap course in 4hr 58min.